There is nothing like a carrot.
Carrots are really great.
Growing in the garden
Or sitting on a plate.
Eat them with a pile of peas
Or eat them in a cake.
If you want to see at night,
Eat them, for goodness sake!
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But there are special orange friends,
Not sprouting from the ground.
Children love to cuddle them,
Even grownups play around.
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These are the special ones.
They’re found in special places.
They’re the ones that come from a shop;
The ones with smiley faces.
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We don’t get them from the garden
Or bring them home in bags.
They’re the sort we do not eat,
For they all have designer tags.
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You have to keep your eye on them.
They have been known to wriggle.
And if you listen late at night,
You may even hear them giggle.
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Carrots can be a comfort
To a girly friend of mine.
And they will bring back memories
From that time before,
When she was only nine.